Belittling Coloradans?

Did I miss something?
From what I read Rick was pointing out the probability that the CHS decisions are going to hit the pocket books of the Colorado tax payers.
Dollars needed for schools, prisons, Highway Patrol, forest fires, etc. are going to have to compete with funds needed to get the GLRR back in operation.
Are your schools well funded, or are the politicians talking of cutting back or closing some of them.
Do you have enough prison space, or are they letting the bad guys out early to make space for the next batch?
How many Coloradans have had to pay the price of an early release?
There is only so much money in the bucket, and as the bucket empties they either cut back on needed services, prisons, schools etc. or they come and take your money.
As a non-Coloradan I do not know any of the participants, so I am not in a position to take sides. But as a fellow tax payer, my thought is "if it ain't broke don't fix it."
Living in Arizona I have had the pleasure of spending money (gas / food / post cards / trinkets) in the Georgetown area a few times, and I do look forward to the day that I am able to spend more money in the vicinity. When that opportunity comes around again and there is no GLRR, I and suspect others will be driving past the Georgetown area.
If the trains will run in 2005, so I can already remove the Georgetown area from my possible 2004 agenda.
Isn't election time around the corner? Are you office seekers promising to lower taxes?
Ron Rudnick